Antipolo Campus

NSTP Activity:
ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT - NSTP1: PROJECT PROPOSAL

Name(s): Adrienne Moya & Franchesca Diaz Course / Section: BFBAMM02

➢ Project Descriptions -description is clear and easy to understand(40pts)

➢ Adequacy and Feasibility of Design- Processes and procedures are well
stated and comprehensive (40 pts)
➢ Goals and products – The goals of the project are clearly stated (20 pts)

I. Title:
“Project Buklod”

II. Rationale /Introduction:

"Pollution", a pressing world-wide issue, relating to the destruction of the Earth's environement.
Because the world is rapidly developing, reaching new technological heights, and modernizing its
ways, pollution is also simultaneously becoming omnipresent. The twenty-first century has
undergone significant technical advancements that have improved people's living standards.
However, this has come at a high cost, as the materials produced are difficult to dispose of
without causing environmental damage.

The loss of biodiversity on the earth is often linked to human activity. Such as man's efforts to
control nature, overconsumprion of manufactured goods and ever-growing population.

Many environmental researchers have proven that population growth has led to a massive
increase of pollution. Because as the world population increases, rapid urbanization and the rise
in the standard of living is accelerating the amount of solid waste generation and the resulting
pressure on public services. If a country or nation cannot effectively cope, it would strain waste
mangement efforts.

Waste management is critical to societies today. The generation of waste is doubling every day
as the world's population grows. Furthermore, the increase in waste has an impact on many
people's life. Poor waste management can lead to significant environmental hazards fro an area
and acute health impacts for those living closest to dumping sites. 3.5 billion people, half the
 Antipolo Campus

world's population, lack crucial waste management services (UN, 2022). This is a common
situation for developing coutnries.

The accelerated urbanization in the Third World, along with a general population explosion and
growing industrialization, has generated an ecological and economic imbalance that threatens to
derail development and overwhelm many developing countries' natural resource capacity
(Rushbrook, 1992). Since the economies of developing countries are not as robust as the
economies of countries such as the United States, majority of the developing countries don't
have any organized means of controlling solid waste. Lack of funding frequently prohibits towns
in such nations from establishing a proper waste management system in the first place. Daily
garbage collection is rarely done. Laws are frequently linient, allowing waste burning and open
dumping. That is why solid waste management is one of the pressing issue confronting
developing countries, such as the Philippines.

Like many rapidly developing countries, the Philippines grapples with unsustainable plastic
production or consumption, poor waste collection, insufficient solid waste management system
and a shortage of disposal facilities. With a growing population of 112 million, the country
produces a staggering 2.7 million tons of garbage daily according to Environment Protection
Agency (EPA). Metro Manila alone generates almost 10,000 tons of garbage daily, according to
data from the Solid Waste Management Division (SWMD), part of the national Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Manila, the capital of teh Philippines is a densely
populated area. The government could not keep up with the rapid poppulation growth, which
led to the disarry of the capitals's waste management system, thus resulted in the disposal of
tons of waste along teh city streets, empty lots and in the waterways and bays around the capital.
The trash dominates the tantalising sunsets Manila Bay is famous for. The pollution traffic is
heaviest in Manila, but it does not mean that pollution does not occur in the other sectors of the
Philippines. According to the Environmental Performance Index, Philippiens is ranked as the 57th
most polluted country.

The Phillippine government, for so many years has been trying to address these issues, but they
never were fully successful, because the people weren't united. There are peopel who could care
less of the country's environmental situation. But there are also people like us who sincerely want
to help the country alleviate the problem. Therefore, we propose Project Buklod.

Project Buklod’s aim is to help Metro Manila and Greater Manila in managing their waste and
ultimatiely lessening pollution for the country. It was agreeed upon that helping will happen
through recycling. Recyling was the best option to help mangae waste in the community.
 Antipolo Campus

This project will be done by a few selected individuals who are college students. They will be
manually gathering trash and recycling them into sellable DIY jewelries, where the sales will be
donated to the Haribon Foundation, a non-profit organization, who has a far greater reach in
society than mere students.

In our own humble way, we want to help the country address this issue and of course hopefully
inspire other Filipinos to follow our steps.

III. Objectives:
Project Buklod generally aimed to alleviate pollution in the country. Specifically, Project Buklod
aimed to:

• Gathering imporperly dumped waste in a certain area in Manila or Greater Manila, to

help lessen trash pollution.
• Recycling waste into fashionable pieces of jewelry and selling it to a specific market.
• Promoting recycling, while advertising the recycled merchandise.
• Making a profit from the recycled products and donating the sales to an NGO.
• Inspiring other Filipinos to try recycling for a profit.

IV: Facilitations:

- We need to collect recycled materials by posting online that we ask for the donation of
recycled materials, and the alternative way to collect is we are going to clean our area and
collect recycled materials.
- We will use recycled materials as a main material in our jewelry.
- All the money that we raised will be donated to Haribon Foundation.
 Antipolo Campus

V. Budget:

DIY MATERIALS
Housing Projected Cost Actual Cost Difference

Necklace chains ₱1000 ₱1500 ₱500

Leather cords ₱35 ₱23 - ₱12

Eye wire hoops ₱90 ₱72 - ₱18

Clasp hooks ₱80 ₱80 ₱0

Split ring connector ₱80 ₱55 - ₱25

Paint ₱500 ₱700 ₱200

Beads ₱100 ₱100 ₱0

Single hole puncher ₱50 ₱45 - ₱5

Wire ₱30 ₱28 - ₱2

Modeling clay ₱16 ₱16 ₱0

Foil ₱40 ₱50 ₱10

Glue gun ₱150 ₱155 ₱5

Glue stick ₱20 ₱20 ₱0

Pliers ₱95 ₱45 - ₱50

Parchment paper ₱80 ₱80 ₱0

 Antipolo Campus

Total ₱2366 ₱2969 ₱603

VI. Persons Involved:

-Community
-Recycled Materials Donors
- Haribon Foundation

__________________________________________________________________
VII. Attachments (eg. pictures, programs, letters etc.)
VIII. References
Community Based Project on Sustainable Waste Management. Sample Proposals at
fundsforNGOs. (2021, May 19). Retrieved April 13, 2022, from
https://sampleproposals.fundsforngos.org/environment-and-climate-change/community-
based-project-on-sustainable-waste-management/
Arlosoroff, S., & Rushbrook, P. (1991). Developing countries struggle with waste management
policies. Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy,
9(1), 491–494. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242x9100900169
United Nations. (n.d.). Recycling, proper waste treatment can be veritable 'gold mine' – un
environmental study | | UN news. United Nations. Retrieved April 13, 2022, from
https://news.un.org/en/story/2013/10/452582-recycling-proper-waste-treatment-can-
be-veritable-gold-mine-un-environmental
Importance Of Waste Management in Philippines. (2016, Oct 05). Retrieved from
https://studymoose.com/importance-of-waste-management-in-philippines-essay
Air Pollution, Water Pollution and Land Pollution. (2019, Aug 19). Retrieved from
https://studymoose.com/air-pollution-water-pollution-and-land-pollution-essay

World Bank Group. (2021, April 15). Market Study for Philippines: Plastics Circularity
Opportunities and Barriers. World Bank. Retrieved April 13, 2022, from
https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/philippines/publication/market-study-for-
philippines-plastics-circularity-opportunities-and-barriers-report-landing-
 Antipolo Campus

page#:~:text=Like%20many%20rapidly%20developing%20countries,ends%20up%20in%
20the%20ocean.